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- 8/14/2023
Case report: Red face concerns
As Dr. Robert Dickson discovers, there can be be a variety of allergic phenomena in highly atopic patients. - 8/14/2023
Quebecers no longer seeing doctor assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body
Quebec is on track to finish the year with 7% of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted. - 8/13/2023
Case report: More and more back spots
The patient reported having “moles” on her body for years. For some reason, the number of lesions and extent of distribution had increased dramatically over the past few months. - 8/13/2023
A reflection on progress and challenges for Canadian healthcare
Dr. Alika Lafontaine says goodbye to the CMA president position on Aug. 16. Here’s his final message to Canada’s MDs. - 8/13/2023
B.C. midwives and province deliver new three year deal, increasing wages
The new deal includes a series of fee increases and measures that the province says will provide more supports for Indigenous midwifery. - 8/13/2023
Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
Some anesthesiologists in the U.S. and Canada say they’re seeing more patients on weight-loss drugs inhaling food and liquid into their lungs during sedation. - 8/10/2023
Millions across the world live with low back pain, but addressing major risk factors like smoking, obesity and workplace ergonomics could curb the trend
Low back pain has ranked first among causes of disability for the last three decades. Back pain, however, is not inevitable, even if that sometimes feels like the case. - 8/10/2023
A classified ad in the BMJ brought this GP from the U.K. to a 56-year career in Ontario
The appeal of also being able to work in hospital, as a family physician, drew this Oxford grad to Canada. - 8/10/2023
Is your patient really allergic to penicillin? Oral challenge is safe way to find out: study
Researchers used a clinical decision tool to identify patients at low risk of a penicillin allergy before giving an oral challenge. - 8/10/2023
The perils of golfing doctors
Accidents happen in golf and they can be quite serious. This story was extra precarious as it involved one of my teachers during my residency.